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Imaging study reveals rapid formation of Alzheimer's-associated plaques

02-06-2008 · EurekAlert!

The amyloid plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients may form much more rapidly than previously expected. Using an advanced microscopic imaging technique to examine brain tissue in mouse models of the devastating neurological disorder, researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease find that plaques can develop in as little as a day and that Alzheimer's-associated neuronal changes appear soon afterwards.

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